Undermining the Japanese miracle : work and conflict in a coalmining community / Matthew Allen
1994, First Edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #392125
ISBN: 0521450098
Physical description: 290 pages; 21cm. Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Contents: 1. Chikuho: A Short Description -- 2. The Chikuho Revivalists -- 3. Idegawa -- 4. A Short History of Coalmining: Chikuho in Context -- 5. The Picture Show Man -- 6. A Culture of Violence -- 7. H-san Mine: Violence and Repression -- 8. The Bathing Master -- 9. Labour Conflict: The Case of the K-san Union Action -- 10. D-san and the Students -- 11. Mizuno -- 12. The Y-san Disaster -- 13. Sono -- 14. Welfare -- 15. Welfare in Chikuho -- 16. A Yakuza Story. Subjects: Coal mines and mining Japan Chikuho-machi. Miners Japan Social conditions. Coal mines and mining Japan Chikuho-machi. Coal mines and mining Japan Chikuho-machi. Coal mines and mining Japan Chikuho-machi Chikuho-machi (Japan) Coal mines and mining Japan. 85.52 working and employment conditions. Coal mines and mining. Economic history.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
Price: €75.00